Moving from Tuscaloosa to Anniston
Tuscaloosa to Anniston: $53 more leftover
$2,064/mo leftover in Anniston vs $2,011 in Tuscaloosa after tax and rent ($53 more). +$636 a year — not a moving-company quote.
Tuscaloosa leftover
$2,011
a month after tax and rent
Anniston leftover
$2,064
+$53 vs Tuscaloosa
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
Leftover is not a cost-of-living index. Leftover vs a COL index
Who already made this move
The IRS did not publish a large enough Tuscaloosa → Anniston pair for 2022-2023. That usually means fewer than a few dozen tax returns, not that nobody moved.
Source: IRS SOI county-to-county migration. Not a moving company; not a recommendation.
| Per month | Tuscaloosa | Anniston |
|---|---|---|
| Take-home | $4,897 | $4,712 |
| Rent | $930 | $692 |
| All other costs | $1,956 | $1,956 |
| Left over | $2,011 | $2,064 |
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Tuscaloosa and Anniston moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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What the move itself costs
About 147 road miles, 1 bedroom. Typical ranges, not quotes.
- Full-service mover
- $1,700–$3,150
- Container or pod
- $1,150–$2,150
- Rent a truck
- $400–$800
Other moves from Tuscaloosa
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Paycheck
Take-home pay after tax and rent, and what's left at the end of the month.
Who moved
Which metros people actually left and arrived from, according to IRS tax returns.
Rent vs buy
Asking rent, the median home, property tax, and months to a down payment.
Monthly costs
Groceries, getting around, utilities, healthcare and childcare at your household size.
Daily life
Homicide and firearm death rates, heat, cars and commute.
Kids
Public-school enrollment, pupil–teacher ratio, bedrooms and childcare.
Getting there
Typical cost to get here, then leftover after tax and rent — not a moving-company directory.
Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Anniston than Tuscaloosa?
A one-bedroom is about $930 in Tuscaloosa versus $692 in Anniston. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $53 a month higher in Anniston. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Anniston have state income tax?
Anniston is in Alabama, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%.
Did people actually move from Tuscaloosa to Anniston?
When IRS county-to-county data covers this pair, the page lists how many households made the Tuscaloosa → Anniston move and their average AGI. Leftover after tax and rent is shown for the same household on both sides.